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Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings
May
2022
Mar.
2023
Apr.
2023(p)
May
2023(p)
May
2022
Mar.
2023
Apr.
2023(p)
May
2023(p)

Total private

$27.39 $28.52 $28.62 $28.75 $934.00 $966.83 $967.36 $971.75

Goods-producing

27.85 29.12 29.22 29.36 1,136.28 1,176.45 1,183.41 1,189.08

Mining and logging

32.28 33.63 33.90 33.71 1,530.07 1,607.51 1,617.03 1,648.42

Construction

32.15 33.79 33.92 34.07 1,276.36 1,334.71 1,339.84 1,342.36

Manufacturing

24.96 25.95 26.03 26.19 1,028.35 1,053.57 1,059.42 1,065.93

Durable goods

26.21 27.09 27.22 27.40 1,087.72 1,105.27 1,113.30 1,123.40

Nondurable goods

22.96 24.09 24.10 24.20 934.47 970.83 971.23 972.84

Private service-providing

27.29 28.39 28.50 28.62 897.84 931.19 931.95 935.87

Trade, transportation, and utilities

23.84 24.95 25.05 25.12 815.33 848.30 849.20 851.57

Wholesale trade

28.94 30.20 30.20 30.26 1,134.45 1,168.74 1,171.76 1,174.09

Retail trade

19.47 20.33 20.37 20.40 593.84 616.00 615.17 616.08

Transportation and warehousing

25.92 27.30 27.55 27.71 979.78 1,029.21 1,033.13 1,036.35

Utilities

42.25 43.72 44.17 44.33 1,808.30 1,866.84 1,881.64 1,892.89

Information

37.69 39.08 39.23 39.44 1,375.69 1,399.06 1,404.43 1,404.06

Financial activities

32.10 33.33 33.35 33.60 1,194.12 1,239.88 1,237.29 1,249.92

Professional and business services

32.29 33.81 33.99 34.12 1,168.90 1,227.30 1,230.44 1,235.14

Private education and health services

28.78 29.77 29.86 29.98 941.11 973.48 973.44 977.35

Leisure and hospitality

17.78 18.48 18.53 18.66 437.39 447.22 448.43 451.57

Other services

24.72 25.17 25.34 25.48 771.26 785.30 790.61 797.52

Footnotes
(1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2022 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: June 02, 2023